Chapter 27 "New old honey"

On Monday morning Lucy woke up earlier than usual. She had only some cookies with tea on breakfast and began to get ready for school. Today she had paid an extra attention to her appearance. Several times the blonde girl braided her hair, then made it free again. She tried one color of lip gloss, then another. She tried to put on top of the school blouse a vest, then a cardigan.

Lucy didn't understand why she was so nervous. After all, they've already confessed to each other's. So what that today, probably, the whole school will find out about them? The opinions of others had not really worried the blonde girl before. But today, she wanted to look perfect, so that no one dared to utter a word that she isn't worth to be a girlfriend of Natsu Dragneel.

Under the windows of the house she heard a car honk. Lucy grabbed the bag and ran out of the house. Natsu picked her up on the black Mercedes with personal driver. He was waiting for her near the car and gallantly opened the door for her. The honey kissed her master on the cheek before getting into the car.

"Why don't you drive your own car?" Lucy whispered in his ear.

"Because there is someone who can distract me from driving", Natsu grinned. He captured her lips in kiss, while putting his hand on her knee.

"Stop it, Natsu", Lucy pulled away shyly.

"Do not worry. Arthur looks at the road, not at us", Dragneel pulled the girl closer for another kiss.

"And what if he will tell your parents?" The blonde didn't give up.

"And I hear it from the girl who met them in my shirt?" He asked mockingly. Lucy had no time to argue because Natsu gave her one more passionate kiss. Her arms wrapped around his neck, her fingers played with his pink hair. Lucy thought that if every morning would start like this, it is unlikely that she will be able to focus on the lessons later.

Natsu and Lucy walked into the class, holding hands. When she had taken his hand him, he at first didn't understand the reason, but then it hit him that all couples hold hands. And actually he enjoyed it.

Entering the classroom, they immediately attracted attention. Levy and Erza smiled knowingly, happy for their friend. Jellal and Gajeel were not so fast, but when Natsu grinned and put his hand around Lucy's waist, they raised a thumbs-up. Dragneel even noticed that Loke smiled to Lucy. And he didn't like that but decided not to pay much attention.

A minute later Hibiki Lates entered the classroom, followed by Gray Fullbuster. When they both sat down at the desk, Lucy realized that in Gray's ear was an earring, but not with Loxar sign. The honey looked at her master in confusion, but Natsu just shrugged. Fullbuster behaved as if nothing unusual happed. Looking at her friends, Lucy realized that they were confused too. Erza approached Gray.

"What does this mean?" She demanded an explanation.

"You know that my honey Ren dropped out. This morning I met Gray, who almost got expel from school because Juvia refused to be his master. So he agreed to be my honey", Hibiki politely explained. Gray just nodded.

"How could Juvia do that?" Lucy join the conversation, trying to understand what happened.

"Well, I confessed Juvia in love, and in return she took my earring away", said Gray. Lucy could sense cold from the dark-haired guy. Especially sharply the guy said the name of his former master. It looked like he was really heart-broken. The bell rang and prevented other questions.

Loxar came to class after the teacher. Quietly apologizing for being late, she sat down in her place. Blue curls fell on her face, hiding it from others. One could only wonder what emotion it expressed.

During the lesson Lucy anxiously looked either at Juvia or Gray. She didn't know Juvia's boyfriend, but she always thought that between her and Gray was a certain chemistry. They could be a nice couple. And such a turn of events caught Lucy by surprise.

The blonde felt that under the desk Natsu reassuringly squeezed her hand. She looked at him.

"Don't worry for them. They need to figure everything out themselves", whispered her master. Lucy knew that he was right, but, seeing upset Juvia and cold, indifferent Gray, made her upset too.

When the lesson had ended, Erza, Levy and Lucy took Juvia out of a classroom. Standing near the window at the far end of the corridor, the girls surrounded Juvia, not giving her a chance to escape.

"Juvia, what happens? Gray said he confessed to you and you took his earring away", start talking Levy.

"It's true. You can judge me, but it's my decision", Loxar said firmly. "I don't want to give him a false hope", although her voice sounded confident, but her red eyes confirmed that last night she cried a lot.

"You know that if he had not become the honey of Hibiki, he would be expelled. It would badly affect his chances of going to university", Erza said disapprovingly.

"That's why I made deal with Hibiki", angrily exclaimed blue-haired girl. The other girls looked at her in shock, completely confused. "But don't tell Gray, please. Let's change the topic", sighed Juvia.

"Yes, let's talk about some good news", Levi changed the subject, seeing how hard it was for her friend to talk about this. "Natsu and Lucy have come today, holding hands. Does this mean that you are dating?" She asked with sly smile.

"Is it true?" Juvia glanced at Lucy with surprise.

"Actually, yes. We are dating", said Lucy. The girls immediately gave her hugs and congratulations. She didn't expect them to have such a joyful reaction. She was very glad to have such friends.

Natsu and Lucy went together out of school. At the gates the same black Mercedes was waiting for them. When Dragneel had almost approached the car, the honey pulled his sleeve.

"Maybe we can take a walk?" asked Lucy. Natsu, of course, could not resist to his charming girlfriend.

"You're learning very quickly", Lucy grinned at the fact that he took her hand first.

"And how many boyfriends had you have before?" Her master raised an eyebrow questioningly. Dragneel's curiosity urged him to find this out for a long time. After their first kisses he noticed that Lucy had some experience in it too.

The blonde girl was caught with surprise by this question.

"I had one boyfriend", the girl admitted. "He was very intelligent, nice and handsome. I don't get it how, after him, I got in touch with you."

"And what happened to the ?" hemmed Natsu.

"I broke his heart", Lucy simply stated.

"Here's the answer how you got in touch with me", Dragneel grinned. "In fact, you're not such a good girl like you want to seem".

Lucy stopped and put her hands around Natsu's neck. She seductively licked her lips and then gave him a fervid kiss. When they broke apart, both needed to catch their breath.

"Am I trying to seem a good girl?" Lucy smirked slyly.

"The car is waiting for us around the corner", the guy said. Grabbing her hand, he led her to the car. It looks like another exciting journey is waiting for them.